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A PORT Glasgow TV presenter has been named an ambassador for the Scottish Documentary Institute.

New film to be shot about Alford Valley Railway to help get service back on track 26/01/2021, 11:23 am It was one of the most treasured routes on the busy north-east rail network in the late 19th and 20th century. And, although the Alford Valley narrow gauge railway in Aberdeenshire ceased carrying passengers in 1949 – and goods services subsequently came to an end on Hogmanay in 1965 – the line still boasts a mystique, which helps explain why Scottish filmmaker Fergus Cruickshank is creating a new work about this magical little route. He can remember it from the days when he was growing...

Amel Alzakout and her partner Khaled Abdulwahed made the powerful film Purple Sea, which shows Alzakout's struggle after her migrant vessel capsized in the Mediterranean ARTIST Amel Alzakout was escaping from war-torn Syria on a flimsy migrant boat when it capsized, throwing her into the Mediterranean with more than 300 other passengers. Crucial rescue operations were delayed by bureaucracy and 43 people died in what was the deadliest migration related tragedy in 2015. Alzakout survived – along with incredible footage from her GoPro camera, which was strapped to her wrist so she could...